OutKick Reports: The two-time Oscar winner is now a novelist. His book “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece” is loosely based on his decades as a movie star. And, apparently, he isn’t comfortable knowing his book “Masterpiece” may be tweaked after he’s shuffled off this mortal coil.

That’s what’s happened to books by Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie, and Hanks is not a fan of the practice.

“I’m of the opinion that we’re all grown-ups here. Let’s have faith in our own sensibilities as opposed to having somebody decide what we may or may not be offended by … Let me decide what I am offended by and what I’m not offended by. I would be against reading any book from any era that says ‘abridged due to modern sensitivities.'”

Simple. Direct. Unwavering.

It’s exactly what we haven’t heard from Hollywood heavyweights for the past five or so years.

They’ve stayed quiet as blackface-themed TV episodes got memory holed, classic films got slapped with “warning labels” and careers faced extinction for saying the wrong thing.

Yes, some Hollywood types have shared similar woke objections in recent years, like Bill Maher, Rob Schneider and Russell Brand.

With all due respect to their collective careers, Spielberg and Hanks are different. They sit atop the rarefied A-list, the place where Hollywood’s biggest stars roam. The fact that they’ve brought the subject up and slammed woke overreach without hesitation matters.

It also may give cover to other Hollywood dwellers who can now speak more freely on the subject.